Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-30
KENTUCKY MOB.
AvIRy SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS IN
LOUISVILLE.
live Hundred Men March Against the
Jail-The Police Charge
Troops Ordered Out.
ny telegraph to the DIspatoh.I

after o'clock this morning mob Of
eco men and boys, armed with section
Of telegraph pole, marched down
Jefferson street in body to charge the
jail. The police heard of their com
ing, and thirty strong in double
column met the mob ut Fifth AMI
Jefferson streets. The police ordered
thfm to dispense and then charged
uron them. The mob scattered and
rCtreated up Jefferson street, where
they again began gathering in mum
lcis
AZ 2:45 the mob organized at Fourth
and Main streets, and after several
sIccChes marched toward the jail. The
crowd numbered about 800, and a num-
tCr were armed with sledge-hammers.
They appeared determined, and seemed
to have leaders They reached the jail
about o'clock, and when the police
guard line was reached a lively scrim-
mage took place and several shots were
fred, but no one was injured. The
mob then retreated in the direction OF
the emory, but rapidly grew smaller
andsoon dispersed. 1t is believed that
another attempt to reach the two negro
mul dorers will be made tonight, and if
the mob has determined leaders they
sill probably succeed in their purpose.
among those who were arrested and
taken to the station-house were John
Ictterle and Allen Mcdonald. The
former was q member Of the last Ken
'ucly Legislature, and the latter is
.oaccr in an association organized to
promote purity in the city government
Mel onald was also a leading light in q
Jaw and-order club now defunct.
his morning Jennie Bowman was
still sinking. She may die at any mo-
mCnt.
Ihcfeeling is that her death will pre-
cipiiate the trouble The answer Of the
Governor to the following call for aid
from the militia was read at 1l:15 A.
VI. and several companies were or
deTcd to guard the jail /:
" Louisville, Ky., April 90, 1881
ia GOUtrpOr Proctor Knott: From
representations made to me by the
chicf of police and the jailer there Is
imminent danger of domestic violence
and bloodshed, growing ont of the as
.ault on Jennie Bowman, unless you
call out The militia reserve here. |
concur in the opinion, and place the
facts before you for your action. The
clisis may bc reached tonight.
"WILLIAN i. JACKSON.
Judge of the Jefferson Circuit
| Court.
The agreed signal Of eleven taps by
The firc-department bells in case OF all
| utilck upon the Jail was rung at 1920
| tbs afternoon and came near causing
| Mischief. The alarm, it seems, wasthe
usral call given to notify members Of
| TIC icgicn when they are expected TO
| lCut for dutyat the armory. Thepco-
| III misunderstood the alarm. Thinking
Vas caused by riot ut the jail about
| '.CoG people quickly assembled on Jail
| CCare. Jefferson street was the scene
1T ,rcat confusion. and the people
,UsL,d towards the jail from ali points.
| he facts soon became known, how
ever. and the excitement abated with
cut any further collision between the
| people and the police.
MAYOR REEDS PROCLAMATION.
Late this afternoon the mayor issued
the following proclamation:
MAYORS OFFICE.
IouIsynIT, III, April %, 1887.
70 lie Pcopfc Of L0WsuHc
1t is my duty as mayor to
enjoin upon the people the ne
cessity for preserving order and
maintaining the majesty Of the law.
A most diaboliCal crime has been COM
mittod in our city, but the law must
miict the punishment. Riot IS more
dangerous to good government than
any individual criminal. Lynch law
subycrts every principle of law and at
tacls our very civilization. / there
fore. in the discharge Of my
DUTY. request every citizen TO remain
1T home tonight, and to avoid all
gatherings. and caution parents not 10
urm!t their children TO go in the
streets, as their presence increases the
mlml er and adds to the excitement. |
must and will discharge my duty to
uphold the law ana to preserve good
order, ard ! command all r0t0us as-
scmh,aGcs t. dispcrsc.
lsicnedl =. 3. REED. Mayor.
While tie Mayor was issuing the
above. the first movement looking to
IN oreanizing of an exasperated people,
who openly and on all sides advocated
lynching, was being made. In re-
,ponse 10 a notice which had been dis
tribnted among thousands who rushed
to the jail at the alarm at midday
Given 10 order the members OF the
militia to report for duty, about five
hundred men gathered in front of Lei-
dcrhronz Hall, on Market street
| The isnitor refused them admls
son 90 the hall, and the police were en-
G,ayoring 60 dispeIse them, when DR..
| .Cly. well-knOwn physician OF the
.tV. mounted a barrel on the side
wall. and addressed them. he said
that since the brutal crime Of Patter-
| son and Turner none OF our women
and children felt any security, and thai
| while lie generally was opposed to mol
| law. th1e was nothing TO be done in
| lns case hut to lynch the Negro
| lends. The law had again aud agar
failed TO punish murderers. They had
| been sent TO the penitentiary when
they should have been hanged. Law
| vcls defended blood-stained criminals
| whom they knew to be guilty If thu
crime was not atoned for the chance
would leo missed to set terrible eX
ample TO hundreds Of idle, worthless
and thieying negroes who infested the
alleys and Sums of the city. The
Doctor was cheered at frequent inter
walls while he Was speaking.
Major Kinney, a leading crimina
LAWYER. passed through the crowd. 4
number Of men stopped him, and, thel
surrounding him. demanded in an eX
cited manner why he defended mel
whom he knew to be criminals. Th'
Major commenced to explain and eX
postnlate. declaring that he had neye
acted as attorney for a man whom HI
believed to he guilty. He was neve
more earnest or eloquent IN his lie
and breathed heavy sigh OF relle
when he slipped out of the throng.
Dr. Berry resumed his remarks, an
the meeting adjourned to a hall nea